Funtastic was a small software design company that operated in the early 1980s, and should not be confused with Funtastic!, the UK band for children. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Funtastic produced and published games mainly for the Apple II and IBM PC platforms. It operated from the Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania home of founder Dan Illowsky (previously of Datamost) who collaborated with programmer Michael Abrash. Drexel Hill is a Census-designated place in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County Pennsylvania, United States. Datamost was a Software design company based in Chatsworth California that operated in the early 1980s producing games and other software mainly for the Apple Abrash later contributed to id Software's Quake. id Software (ɪd officially is an American computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Quake is a First-person shooter Computer game that was released by Id Software on June 22, 1996.
Software
Funtastic's software projects included:
- Snack Attack II by Michael Abrash and Dan Illowsky (1982)
- Cosmic Crusader by Michael Abrash (1982)
- Big Top by Michael Abrash (1983)
- Master Miner by Dan Illowsky (1983)
- Mondo Math by Dan Illowsky
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Snack Attack is a 1982 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers created by Dan Illowsky and published by Datamost. Cosmic Crusader is a 1982 Computer game for the IBM PC family of computers created by Michael Abrash and published by Funtastic Big Top is a 1983 Computer game for the IBM PC family of computers created by Michael Abrash and published by Funtastic. Master Miner is a 1983 Computer game for the IBM PC family of computers created by Dan Illowsky and published by Funtastic. MobyGames is a Website devoted to cataloging computer and video games, both past and presentDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic